Most driver's laws favor us old folks

8:34 PM,
Mar. 22, 2013

Written by

Al Neuharth
USA TODAY Founder

One of the most important legal "privileges" for most of us is our driver's license. But in most states, those laws favor old folks like me as opposed to mid- to late-teenagers.

As I approached my 89th birthday, I checked to see about the status of my driver's license in Florida, where I live.

My present license expires in three years. At 92, all I'll have to do to have it renewed for six years is to pass a vision exam. No driving test. No age restriction. That means that at 98, I can be behind the wheel without anyone of authority really knowing whether I'm able and OK to be there. ...